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2 Sheets-Sheet 1. P. E. GANDA. GATTLE GAR.

(No Model.)

No. 449,203. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

F. E. OANDA.

CATTLE GAR.

No. 449,203. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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FERDINAND It. CANDA, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

CATTLE-CAR.

SP ECIFIOATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,203, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed October 16, 1885. Serial No. 180,092. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FERDINAND E. CANDA, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cattle- Car, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the construction of that class of cars .used to transport cattle in one direction and freight in the other, the object of the invention being to provide such ears with m'ovable partitions or gates, which, when not in use to divide the car into stalls or compartments, may be moved to positions beneath the car-roof; and my present invention consists of a skeleton partition consisting of bars united by links, said bars being operated by a peculiar arrangement of endless chains, and arranged to slide in vertical and inclined ways so as to be lowered to a position to divide the car or be raised to rest in the inclined ways just beneath the roof; and the invention further consists of a novel operating mechanism, all of which will be hereinafter explained, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a view of a car constructed in accordance with the terms of my invention, the view being taken in vertical cross-section. Fig. 2 is a view of the same in longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a view of a modified construction, and Fig. l is a perspective of one of the connectingarms.

My improved form of gate may be applied to the ordinary form of box or cattle ear, such as the one partially shown in the drawings, wherein A A represent the sills, B B the corner-posts, O C the intermediate posts, D D the plates, E E the carlings, F the ridgepole, and G the flooring, of the ear.

The gates or partitions shown at ll a re made up of a number of bars or strips on, which are connected by a number of links, as b c, said links being united in a series by hingejoints (Z. The links 1') are firmly fixed to the bars by bolts or screws, while the links 0 act as connections, one set or series of links being fixed in position near each end of the bars,

as is clearly shown. The gates formed. in the manner just described are mounted in runs or ways 6, f, and g, the ways c being formed by strips or cleats 71 which are secured to theinner faces of the intermediate posts C G, and the ways f by the noneoncentrie walls 7; Z of the segments 1, which are secured to the posts 0 0, facing-strips m, and plates D D, while the upper ways 9 are formed by strips 77. a, which are preferably arranged as shown in Fig. being secured to the facing-stripsmand plates D D and extending up in a diagonal plane close under the carliug next beyond in the direction in which the gate is moved, to be stored beneath the roof of the ear and up over the lower ends of the strips or 01', forming the next inclined run or way g, so that for a portion of their way the runs 9 g overlap.

In order that the position of each gate may be readily changed, and in order that the gates may be prevented from sliding down with a rush when being lowered to divide the car in to stalls or compartments, I provide'such a mechanism as will now be described. A transverse shaft K, which runs across the car, projects through and is mounted in bearings car ried by the facing-strips at. To each projecting end of this shaft there is fixed a chain wheel, such as those shown at o o. Directly beneath the wheels 0 o are arranged the sheaves p or p, which may be mounted in blocks q q, fixed to the upper or lower sides of the sills A A. If, as in the case of the sheave p, the supporting-block is fixed to the upper side of the sill, it is surrounded by a box-like shield 0', which prevents any of the bedding or excrement from falling upon or fouling the sheave. It the sheave is mounted below the sill, the opening in the floor is protected by a flanged collar 5, Fig. 3. Endless chains 25 t are passed over the chain-wheels o o and sheaves p p, respectively, as shown, so that one length of chains runs close up against the.

posts G O, and both lengths are within the faceline of said posts. The lengths of chain next to the posts G G are connected to the lower bar of the gate by connecting-arms it u, the construction of which is shown in detail in Fig. at. The chain-wheel o carries or is made integral with a small bevel gear-Wheel 't, which is engaged by a bevel-pinion o,

which is fixed to the lowerend of a short vertical shaft or, that. is mounted in bearings t'm'med in a bracket M", which is secured to the plate I), and extends upward through the overhanging ends of the roof-boards L. The upper end of the shaft 10 is formed to fit within the socket of acrank-handle M, and the shaft is provided with a ratchet-wheel, which is engaged by a pawl Z, carried by the bracket. Each of the gates is provided with such an actuating mechanism as has been described, and each gate is also provided with two stops, as a, which are secured near each end of the upper gate-bar and arranged so that when d the gates are lowered to position to divide the car into stalls the stops Ct will strike against the stops a which are fixed to the cleats or strips h and hold the gate suspended, so that the lower bar will just clear the floor G, and any strain to which the link 0 might be subjected, should an animal rise and throw its weight upon any of the gate-bars, would be a tensile strain, and consequently much less likely to injure the gate than a compressive strain, such as the strain would be if the gate rested on the floor. 'lhe chainst are all provided with turn-buckles 0, so that each chain may readily be adjusted to a proper length.

Such being the construction of the sliding gates and their operating mechanism, it will be readily understood that to change the position of any gate it is simply necessary to apply the crank-handle M and rotate the vertical shaft 10 in the direction required. The rotation of the shaft in will, through the me 'dium of the pinion oand gear-wheel r, cause the shaft K and its chain-wheels 0 0 to revolve and thereby move the chains t t, which will carry the gate to the required position, either within the incline ways g or within the vertical ways 6. When the gates are in the waysg they are held in place by the springpressed pawl Z.

The construction described enables me to furnish a car perfectly adapted for the transportation of cattle, and one in which the movable parts are arranged so as not to occupy space that could be used for other purposes when the car is loaded with freight.

I am aware that cattle-cars have been provided with gates consisting of bars united by chain-links but I am not aware that such cars have been provided with gates wherein the bars were united by pivotally-connected links that were hinged together, so that although the gates are free to move through curved ways the bars are held in fixed position in so far as their spacing is concerned.

I am also aware that the gates of cattle-cars have been supported by stops carried by their upper bars or rails and arranged to engage with other stops fixed to some stationary portion of the car.

In my application Serial No. 180,091, filed concurrently herewith, I have illustrated a gate or partition wherein the bars or slats are connected by eyebolts, and in my application Serial No. 175,221, filed on the 24th day of Au gust, 1885, I illustrate and describe a gate or partition connected by flexible strips and operated by endless chains secured to the lower slats of the gate, and in this specification I do not claim said constructions, broadly.

Although I have illustrated and described a car provided with overlapping Ways, I do not herein claim such construction, as the said overlapping ways will constitute the subject-matter of another application for a patent to be filed by me.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The gate or partition H, consisting of a series of bars united by links, said links being united by pintles or bolt-s, substantially as set forth.

2. The gate or partition H, consisting of bars united by linksb c, which are connected by hinge-joints, the links I) being secured to the said gate-bars, substantially as described.

3. A gate or partition for a stock-car, consisting of a series of bars or slats united by spacing-links that are hinged at each end to said slats or bars, substantially as described.

FERDINAND E. OANDA.

Witnesses:

EDWARD KENT, J12, G. SEDGWICK. 

